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What do hospitals give you after birth

lexxielexlexxielex member
in March 2015 Moms
Just wondering I've heard so many different things. Just wanted to maybe hear from other moms what they have received or think they will get. Thanks in advance
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Re: What do hospitals give you after birth

  • toimadness1toimadness1 member
    Depends on the hospital. With my first we got a ton of diapers, a couple hats, a onesie, and some of the standard blankets. Also pads, numbing spray and a squirt bottle for mom. In a hospital I did some clinicals at they also gave out some nice halo swaddles. Also if you don't breast feed or need to supplement they will usually give some formula.
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  • jillbabe91jillbabe91 member
    ^really?.....


    This will be my first baby too, but my doc and mom said they give you a lot of stuff pads, diapers, wipes, breast feeding supplies, samples of formula or single bottles, nose aspirator, pacifier (if you told them to try for baby), stuff for your hooha..cause yeah, it's going to be sore for a bit. and that you should bring a seperate empty bag to bring it home, or room in bag your taking. And of course a prescription for pain pills :)
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  • jillbabe91jillbabe91 member
    Thanks for the advice :)
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  • Christina1939Christina1939 member
    It's been a few years but I remember getting all the things @jillbabe91‌ said... Also they gave me a diaper bag but it was plain & I didn't like it - but useful to carry stuff home.

    I'm giving birth this time at university hospital and they are giving all babes a blanket themed for the university football team (lol) -- so they throw in extra stuff :)
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  • AkrystofiakAkrystofiak member
    All hospitals are different. You should go on a tour and ask while you're there. They'll be able to let you know what they can/will send you home with.
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  • djolietdjoliet member
    jillbabe91 said:

    ^really?.....


    And of course a prescription for pain pills :)

    This isn't necessarily true and probably varies from hospital to hospital. I was given pain meds the 2 days I was in the hospital but I was discharged they didn't give me a prescription and told me to take Tylenol for pain
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  • chelseeeachelseeea member
    It really depends on the hospital. If you know anyone who has delivered at the same hospital, you should ask them. It's best to go in prepared just in case they don't provide a whole lot. With my DD, my hospital really only provided the mesh underwear, massive-ass pads, some diapers, and the squeeze bottle for my bottom. I think we also may have gotten a receiving blanket or two. No fancy stuff though.
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  • erwallace089erwallace089 member
    My ob told me to make sure I brought an extra bag to take home all they have to offer. :) I'll be bringing all the necessities to make sure We won't be needing anything but it'll be nice to come home with a hospital care package :)!
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  • jillbabe91jillbabe91 member
    @djoliet‌ ouch! Well at least they gave you pain pills while you were there. I'm astonished they told you to just take Tylenol, that's not very helpful at all with that kind of pain.
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  • BostonchelleBostonchelle member
    I wouldn't count on anything in particular aside from there being diapers in the room for use there.  I would check with a friend who delivered at the same location.  Some hospitals for example will charge you for any breastfeeding stuff you need others will give you lots.  Some hospitals are more stingy on diapers and you may not end up coming home with any.  Some hospitals provide pacifiers others don't use/have them unless you bring them.  
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  • djolietdjoliet member
    @jillbabe91‌ honestly it wasn't that bad. I don't even really remember taking much Tylenol afterward. I had a 1st degree tear and was up and moving around most of the time I was in the hospital. The pain was bearable but increase in bleeding from moving around so much wasn't fun
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  • theladycoy13theladycoy13 member
    I heard a rumor that they are doing away with samples of formula and diaper bags. To promote breastfeeding, which I think is kinda rude there are mothers who can't for medical reasons or they just don't want to.I would give the hospital a call to check,Also like many ladies have stated bring your own just to be safe better to be over prepared then have nothing. I am hoping I get Lil freebie but I am bringing everything I need just to be safe ..
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  • graceinchaosgraceinchaos member
    I would come prepared, as every hospital is different, but as PP's have said, never hurts to call ahead & ask or to inquire when you go on a tour.

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  • YJaureguiYJauregui member
    My hospital plans on giving me lots of things. The best thing you can do is ask when you go on tour of the maternity ward :) don't ever be afraid to ask questions!
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  • LBeez13LBeez13 member
    My hospital sent me home with diapers, pacifiers, and formula samples for the baby. They also sent me home with breastfeeding supplies like lanolin, hydragel pads, extra manual pump, and breast pads for leakage. Then they also sent me home with essentials for taking care of yourself down below, those were things like huge disposable underwear, giant pads, peri bottle,witch hazel pads, numbing spray, stool softener and hemorrhoid cream.
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  • Engineer81Engineer81 member
    mangomimosa said:

    theladycoy13 said:

    I heard a rumor that they are doing away with samples of formula and diaper bags. To promote breastfeeding, which I think is kinda rude there are mothers who can't for medical reasons or they just don't want to.I would give the hospital a call to check,Also like many ladies have stated bring your own just to be safe better to be over prepared then have nothing. I am hoping I get Lil freebie but I am bringing everything I need just to be safe ..

    Rude? No -- when hospitals give out advertisements for formula makers, it sends a message that undermines breastfeeding AND hurts formula feeding moms. FF moms will stick with the expensive brand name formulas because it seems the hospital has endorsed it as best, or baby started in it & they are afraid to switch. And when hospitals give out free formula samples breastfeeding rates are lower. That's why baby friendly certified hospitals & others trying to follow best practices do not give out free formula advertisements.

    I was a postpartum nurse at a baby friendly hospital. We provided formula to all FF babies for use while in the hospital & a few bottles to go home with. Beyond that it was the family's responsibility to feed the kid.

    OP: we gave out very little. If moms asked we'd give a few pads, a few diapers, a few ice packs, a sitz bath, a peri bottle, a bulb syringe, a box of breast pads...abdominal binder... Oh yes -- & nipple hydrogels, breast shield IF NEEDED, manual breast pump (billed to your account, I believe)... Basically nothing special (except the sitz bath & Peri bottle -cheap but functional). We were a public state funded hospital. You might get more crap if you are in a private hospital that only sees insured patients.
    Which Is why I originally came here to say what had already been said: they give you the baby. Anything else varies.
    Yep, what she said. I'm a ff mom and it wasn't rude to me. I used the samples I got from my OB and then switched to the SAMs brand. To be honest I didn't think anything of it.
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  • theladycoy13theladycoy13 member
    What I meant was that some mom's who can't BF because of medical reasons or choice might find it as a insult that the hospital is not supplying formula. I was told by my hospital to bring my own formula with me because they don't keep a supply on hand in order to promote breastfeeding. I intend on bringing everything for myself an my baby, I am hoping they will have diapers and wipes but I am bringing those as well better to be over prepared then have nothing :) I hope this clears things up I just feel that all mom's and there choice should be supported. I would like freebies considering the huge bill lol but most hospitals are doing away with them..
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  • Christina80xoxoChristina80xoxo member
    I'm with @finallyourturn2‌
    At my hospital , I got the bottles she used there, the diaper she was wearing , the beanie and onsie they put on her after birth, and a huge bill.
    So that is really the only thing most hospitals give you. Unless you're at a hospital that gives you extras , but I'm not expecting it this time either.
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  • Christina1939Christina1939 member
    Peledreamsofrain said:

    theladycoy13 said:

    What I meant was that some mom's who can't BF because of medical reasons or choice might find it as a insult that the hospital is not supplying formula. I was told by my hospital to bring my own formula with me because they don't keep a supply on hand in order to promote breastfeeding. I intend on bringing everything for myself an my baby, I am hoping they will have diapers and wipes but I am bringing those as well better to be over prepared then have nothing :) I hope this clears things up I just feel that all mom's and there choice should be supported. I would like freebies considering the huge bill lol but most hospitals are doing away with them..

    I was just talking with a friend last night who had a C-section and didn't start producing colostrum at the hospital. The staff snotted off at her about how unhealthy formula was, and rationed it when they fed her daughter. Poor kid screamed the entire stay, until they brought her home and freely fed her.

    I think that shit is borderline evil. If you care more about your agenda than a starving newborn, you are a sick person.
    That is terrible, like borderline medical malpractice terrible, especially considering she had to stay longer to recover from a C-section.

    I am going to do a combination of BF and FF -- if they treat me like this I'm going to raise hell in L&D lol.
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  • Christina80xoxoChristina80xoxo member
    @Peledreamsofrain‌ and @Christina1939‌
    Some nurses are like that.
    I had emergency c section with my daughter. They had me pump and pump, I didn't even produce colostrum. My daughter was jaundiced and crying, and she had a cleft lip and palate. It was impossible for her to suck , but they still kept forcing me to try to get her to latch on. They finally gave us formula after I got angry. They put in this canteen kind of thing with tubes that they taped by my nipples to get her to "breast feed" that way. With no top lip, or palate, they expected her to suck the milk.... I was not making. They made me feel like a second rate mother because after all that I said I give up and she will be formula fed.
    I was young, now that am older I realize how wrong that was.
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  • Christina1939Christina1939 member
    Christina80xoxo said:
    @Peledreamsofrain‌ and @Christina1939‌ Some nurses are like that. I had emergency c section with my daughter. They had me pump and pump, I didn't even produce colostrum. My daughter was jaundiced and crying, and she had a cleft lip and palate. It was impossible for her to suck , but they still kept forcing me to try to get her to latch on. They finally gave us formula after I got angry. They put in this canteen kind of thing with tubes that they taped by my nipples to get her to "breast feed" that way. With no top lip, or palate, they expected her to suck the milk.... I was not making. They made me feel like a second rate mother because after all that I said I give up and she will be formula fed. I was young, now that am older I realize how wrong that was.

    Oh my god.... That is horrible. Did they make you feed her like that the entire time you stayed at the hospital?
    I am studying public health right now, and it makes me totally sick that medical professionals are allowed to push agendas on others like this. It totally contradicts the end goal of the field. I mean, breastfeeding is better, but you have to let everyone make their own choice. This is why people hate hospitals and the medical field in general! 
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  • LBeez13LBeez13 member

    Christina80xoxo said:
    @Peledreamsofrain‌ and @Christina1939‌ Some nurses are like that. I had emergency c section with my daughter. They had me pump and pump, I didn't even produce colostrum. My daughter was jaundiced and crying, and she had a cleft lip and palate. It was impossible for her to suck , but they still kept forcing me to try to get her to latch on. They finally gave us formula after I got angry. They put in this canteen kind of thing with tubes that they taped by my nipples to get her to "breast feed" that way. With no top lip, or palate, they expected her to suck the milk.... I was not making. They made me feel like a second rate mother because after all that I said I give up and she will be formula fed. I was young, now that am older I realize how wrong that was.
    That sounds awful. How emotional and traumatizing for you.
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  • theladycoy13theladycoy13 member
    This is the treatment I was speaking of they don't give away free samples to take home fine ..But to treat a mom like a criminal because she is FF is very unethical!!!I am bringing all my own formula,diapers, wipes as well as clothes. I am all for breastfeeding it's best for a healthy mom and baby. Not all women can breastfeed or want to an some babies can't nurse successfully at birth. To allow a newborn to go hungry an struggle to feed is cruel it also effects the bonding experience. I cannot breastfeed because of a heart condition the medicine I am on can effect my babies heart rate as well blood pressure, so I have to FF, but to be told I need to bring my own because they don't keep a supply to promote Breastfeeding?? My baby and my health should not be placed at risk to promote breastfeeding. Why can't we support mom's and the choice no matter if they choice to breastfeed or to formula feed. I am so sorry to hear so many of you had to go though such horrible experiences my heart goes out to you.
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  • Christina80xoxoChristina80xoxo member
    @theladycoy13‌ , do what is best for you and baby ! I would love to BF this baby, but if I can't , I have no problem FF her. As long as she has a full tummy and is healthy, that is all that matters :)
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  • klcarr19klcarr19 member
    I am absolutely appalled by all the stuff I am reading about these nurses pushing their BF agendas on moms! I have made the decision to FF due to my chronic migraines and my hospital told me "no worries just let us know when you get here and we will have it ready to go in your room." I was stunned that they were that nice about it. They told us public hospitals get a supply of formula from the WIC program so they only supply Enfamil branding because of that so if we wanted something different to bring it. As a FTM, I was just going to go with what the hospital provided unless we had to switch for another reason.

    I'm so sorry to all the ladies who have had degrading situations happen to them over the BF and FF debate. I would have tried BF if I could but a hospital should not put you or your baby in jeapordy over an agenda! I hope that this time around is more positive for you.
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  • theladycoy13theladycoy13 member
    klcarr19 said:

    I am absolutely appalled by all the stuff I am reading about these nurses pushing their BF agendas on moms! I have made the decision to FF due to my chronic migraines and my hospital told me "no worries just let us know when you get here and we will have it ready to go in your room." I was stunned that they were that nice about it. They told us public hospitals get a supply of formula from the WIC program so they only supply Enfamil branding because of that so if we wanted something different to bring it. As a FTM, I was just going to go with what the hospital provided unless we had to switch for another reason.

    I'm so sorry to all the ladies who have had degrading situations happen to them over the BF and FF debate. I would have tried BF if I could but a hospital should not put you or your baby in jeapordy over an agenda! I hope that this time around is more positive for you.

    Well put :) I am glad your hospital is so kind an is willing to work with you an provide for your babies needs more hospital need drop there agenda an focus on patient care !!!
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